Last weekend my son had a soccer tournament. That meant many hours outside in the great outdoors in June. I had grabbed the sunscreen from the bucket I have by our back door and thought I was prepared. But withing 10 minutes of setting up our homestead of chairs, cooler bag, canvas bag of snacks and…
Tips to help you find your new home whether you’re moving across town, the country or the world. Tips from 20+ military moves experience.
Before Shoe storage is always an issue for our family where ever we move. We take our shoes off before we enter the house and so with 5 of us, it’s critical to have an area to store a lot of shoes. The 5 of us have close to 50 pairs of shoes PLUS athletic shoes…
Repurpose a doggie breath mint tin box into a stylish and practical storage solution. Get creative with this fun and easy DIY project!
At this point, I have narrowed my focus down to 1-2 towns. My goal now is to find areas within those towns where we’d like to live. I’m NOT trying to find THE house yet. I’m continuing to narrow the entire world of possibilities down to a handful. I start by looking at houses…
Transform a wire basket into a stylish towel holder with this easy repurposing project. Get creative with your bathroom decor today!
I was born into an organized family. My dad has always been very disciplined about being on time and planning ahead (I never knew there were people who were late to anything; how can that be?). My mom has always been very practical and organized (she designed her wedding dress so that she…
My son’s 3rd grade class decided to give their 29-year old male teacher a class gift consisting of small gifts from each child.These were placed in one large box for the teacher to open.Sounds like a wonderful idea…until you sit down to figure out what to get the male teacher (have I said yet, that…
With 20+ moves in my adult life (a move being where I unpacked the suitcase and had mail delivered), I’ve been asked how I choose where to buy or rent. Since it’s coming up on the big moving season, I thought this would be a good time to explain my strategy for narrowing down where…